It is official - Open Track Day yet again at Pueblo Motorsports Park! Brad Mott has arranged for this outing for all interested Motorers. Details:

Friday, November 26th
Arrive 9:00 am, Track Open 10:00 - 2:00
2.2 mile road course, clockwise
$60 cash for 4 hrs, pay at the door
Leave Denver at 7:00 am or meet us there
see www.pueblomotorsportspark.com for more information!

No special equipment required other than Snell approved helmet. Must sign waiver at the track.

Please RSVP HERE...so we whom to expect.

Thanks, hope you can make it!!

 

Went last time (10/18/04) and enjoyed my first time on any track. Learned lots about track driving and more to learn, so I'll be there. Checkout the track layout at my site: http://coloradorick.smugmug.com/gallery/259230 or the low quality version attachment. While you're at it checkout MINI5280.org.
--Rick

 

I just ordered a new tire to replace the one that I blistered in KS at Heartland Park. See you there!

 

we'll be the hounds. Show me how to do 1:52:00, since I could not even
break 2:00:00 last time....

JPS

 

Eva will be there ! My mom is gonna be in town still for Thanksgiving so I'll bring her and show her what I do.

 

A lot of it is probably having sticky rubber (plus a couple of other mods)

 

and as they say, ' probably worth about 2 hp...'

JPS

Oh and Mark, you have not met Eva. She may just show us a thing or two....

 

Where did you have it done?

How much?

 

I had the tint done at Schomp, since I was in for my first scheduled service. I got another new cup holder (vaporized the first one with a large cooler) and had them do some programming things too, like make the doors unlock themselves when I stop, permanent daytime running lights, etc. One fee, they do all the programming changes at once. It takes an extra day since it is a slow process and you want the tint on straight but I just picked it up last night at the meeting. Looks great, will cure for 4 days, but be ready for YY on Sunday. It is the 3M brand with warranty, which was a big part of what I wanted. Cheaper elsewhere? Maybe. Warranty and someone who has done plenty of MINIs mattered to me, tho.

Just for fun, Anthony there tells me he got a look at the new Tri-MINI at the SEMA show last week. Seems they grafted 3 MINIs together, in sort of a push me / pull you fashion, with one in the middle. He said in was every bit of weird. And, he says he is working on an all carbon-fiber MINI as a top secret project himself...shhhhhhh....

 

Just about to finish the last of a three day stretch at the hospital...then I'll be off for 5 in a row. Woo HOO!

I had all that extra stuff programed in at my last visit also. I am a big fan of the convenience opening feature.

You can buy a carbon fiber replacement for just about exterior part of the car now. I have seen many on Ebay...bonnet, boot hatch, fenders.

 

My Birthday is the 16th and I have some goodies on my ol birthday list so we'll see what the ol birthday fairy ( aka my hubby) can pull for the track day. Might have a new pulley. New rubber might be for Christmas.

 

One of the fantastic items up for grabs at our Yalla Yalla on Sunday is - get this - a FREE PULLEY! From Randy Webb at Webb Motorsports, Randy has offered up the pulley as a prize for YY. You pay for install. Further, there is a rear sway bar also (Powdercoat Red) and a track Driving Lesson with Randy as well. All told, many hundreds of $$ of value...compliments of Webb Motorsports!!!

So come on down, do a good Scavenger Hunt, and maybe take the Bling!

Will John like THAT?????

JPS

 

Trinityblk, have I seen you around town? What do you drive? I might have stuck a card in your MINI if you are on our end of town.

Here are pics of my car

http://www.bancroftsonline.com/itsamini/index.html

 

JPS
Sheezzz forget John I like it! hehe He might like it for his wallet but he's not helping me with the Yalla Yalla so he dosen't get to enjoy the prize if I win

Biggripper- I've seen ya scooten around town but have never met ya or gotten a card from ya. Here's my car

 

Oh yea I've also had some Autocross track time with Randy....just about scared the pee out of me ...learned a lot but also scared the pee out of me..that man can drive!!

 

Mark, Rick, Jonathan, Brad and Eva are in. Maybe Dan.

Anyone else?

JPS

 

The weather will be in the mid 40's, sounds like fun to me!

Brad

 

When we hit Monument. If so, we can meet-up. Othewise, we see you there. We plan to gas up (the good stuff) over by Randy's at about 7:00 am...

JPS

 

I can call when we leave Denver, if you like...

JPS

 

That sounds great. Do you still have my cell phone number?
Brad

 

I have your number still, if Jonathon doesn't.

Are you packing all your tools? (I might travel a little lighter if you are)

 

Sounds good Mark, Yes I will take the trailor and I will bring as many tools as I can think of.

Brad

 

I hope the weather holds - it's looking a little more iffy on Friday for Pueblo.
If it cancels you should know that the Audi's are planning on going to Second Creek on December 3rd.Audiworld

 

Well we had four MINI's and the track to ourselves. How good can it get: missing out on the day after Thanksgiving madhouse at the malls and getting four hours of open track time on a fun and challenging circuit?

We had Jonathon there in his slightly modded beautiful silver S, Rick in his stock '05 IB/W, Brad in his heavily modded IB/B and my "slightly modded" IB/W car.

I think we all had fun, got our fill of track time and made it home without incident. My only problem was that I blistered another AVON Tech R. I really like these tires, they are very sticky, but I'm really not impressed with how they wear. They remind me more of how a pure race tire performs, lasts a weekend and then they're gone.

Rick, Jonathon and Brad all took some pics and Rick had a video camera mounted in his car and mine for part of the day. Hopefully we can get some video of a lap around Pueblo and some pics up for all to enjoy.

 

I, and maybe JPS, are headed to SCR around noon to play with the Audi's and VW's. Come out and play if you can!